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The
problem of illegal guns in the Arab sector reaches the news every so
often, bringing with it a new wave of discussion, criticism, and the
usual hand-wringing. Unfortunately, it usually ends there; no one seems
to have found a way to deal with the problem systematically.

The most recent round was brought on by a series of videos that
innocent bystanders posted on social media, capturing masked gunmen
shooting automatic weapons from vehicles speeding through Beer Sheva's
Ohalim Junction and in residential areas in Segev Shalom and Rahat. The
videos went viral, and the entire country was, once again, talking about
the problem.

Almost immediately, a Rahat resident sent an uncensored version of
one of the videos to Regavim's Facebook Messenger inbox. In this video,
the license plate numbers of the vehicles involved in the shooting spree
were plainly visible, and the frightened citizen who shared the footage
asked for Regavim's help to file an official complaint with the police.

Regavim's Hot-shot hotline

Regavim

Residents of Israel's Arab and Bedouin communities live under the
shadow of the free-for-all of illegal firearms and random shooting in
the streets of their towns, committed by local criminals. Although the
innocent, law-abiding residents have been suffering this reality for
years, they do not file complaints with the authorities for fear of
reprisals.

Regavim stepped up to meet the challenge, creating a unique,
discreet, Arabic-language system for citizens wishing to file
complaints. The Regavim "Hot-Shot Hotline," as they have begun to call
it, is a protected message system that runs through a unique
Hebrew-Arabic Facebook page, allowing anyone with first-hand information
or direct involvement in shooting incidents to submit an official
police complaint through Regavim's legal team.

"The lack of law enforcement in the Arab sector is a serious and
painful problem whose victims are members of the Arab sector themselves,
but Arab MKs have chosen, time and time again, to pass the blame and
point accusative fingers at the Israel Police and the State of Israel
itself," said Regavim's spokesman.

"The Arab public's representatives must take a real leadership role,
and not simply pay lip service or play their usual blame game. Decisive
action is required; they must take responsibility for their own
community. Regavim will provide free legal counsel to anyone who is
interested in submitting a discreet complaint to the Israel Police."

Mordechai SonesSource: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/249685 Follow Middle East and Terrorism on Twitter